A reader sent us photos and wrote that they had come across a peculiar “find”:
After today’s walk in the forest near Nowogrodziec, I wonder whether ceramic disposal is so expensive that it is better to throw it into a pond in the forest.
Irena Mikołajczuk, an occupational health and safety, fire protection and environmental protection inspector at Zakłady Ceramiczne Bolesławiec, gave us a very detailed response to the reader’s question. She added that the reader had entered the mine despite an explicit prohibition; the area is marked with clearly visible signs prohibiting entry. Irena Mikołajczuk also sent us photos of the signs, which, as it turned out, had been nailed to trees.
In response to the inquiry about the “find” near Nowogrodziec, I inform you that the photos were taken on the premises of our clay mine. Ceramic waste, that is, defective ceramic products after thermal processing, is used to fill the mine excavation (a natural reclamation process). We have the relevant decisions and permits to fill the adversely transformed area (the mine excavation), issued under the applicable environmental protection regulations.
The reader who came across a “large amount of ceramics” entered the mine despite the explicit prohibition. The area is marked with clearly visible signs prohibiting entry.
Irena Mikołajczuk, occupational health and safety, fire protection and environmental protection inspector
We asked the reader whether the warnings against entering the mine were visible. They replied:
There may be something like that from the road, I don’t know, but from the field side, where the forest is, there is no information.
To sum up, it can be said that people must not enter the ZC Bolesławiec clay mine, where ceramic waste may be stored. However, information signs should not be nailed to trees either, supposedly to protect the area from visits by local residents.